Mary-Margaret Humes

Mary-Margaret Humes is an American actress who first drew notice in pageants, taking the Miss Florida USA crown in 1975 and placing third runner up at Miss USA that same year. She then built a television career with roles in more than 50 shows. Her first big screen role arrived in 1981, as Miriam, a Vestal Virgin, in Mel Brooks's History of the World, Part I (1981). Aaron Spelling selected her for Velvet, an action-adventure pilot, and she took guest parts across many 1980s series. From 1991 to 1992 she portrayed the mother of the lead in the short-lived NBC show Eerie, Indiana. She also starred in the 1992 television film Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo. Her best known part was Gail Leery, the title character's mother, on Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. Later she took further guest roles and appeared in Hallmark Channel television movies.